Wallace Dental Assisting Skills Composition

Step 1 (After dismissing a patient)

Put on new gloves

Step 2 

Remove ALL surface barriers and instruments

Step 3

Take instruments to sterilization

Step 4

Scrub instrument areas that the ultrasonic cleaner (shaker) may not reach

Step 5

Place instruments in ultrasonic cleaner (shaker) for 5 - 15 minutes

Step 6

Rinse ultrasonic cleaner solution off instruments

Step 7

Bag instruments via specific bag (self/heat seal pouches)

Step 8

Load the autoclave with the bagged instruments

Step 9

Wipe down the whole room (with cavicide wipes)

Step 10 

Wash hands (wash and dry thoroughly)

What is the order of PPE

1. Gown

2. Mask

3. Glasses 

4. Gloves

Dental Chair Cover

Blue Barrier Sticky Tape (On handles of the light head)

Blue Barrier Sticky Tape (On control panel of dental chair)

Dental Tray 

Dental Tray (With tray cover)

Saliva Ejector

High Volume Evacuator (HVE)

Air water syringe

High Speed handpiece

What specific high speed handpiece is this

557

Slow speed handpiece

Polishing burs

Dental patient napkin (or bib)

Dental napkin (bib) chain

Cotton Rolls

Gauze

Topical anesthesia (with applicator)

Syringe set

Mouth mirror

Dental explorer

Cotton pliers

Plastic instrument

Dycal set up

Prime/Bond/Apploicator

Etch 

Curing light

Composite (flow able)

Composite (Carlisle)

Composite gun

Malar strip 

Excavator 

Articulating paper

Holder of articulating paper

What happens once you are done cleaning and preparing the room

Call patient (by last name)

What is done after calling the patient’s name

Introduce yourself

When a patient is sitting on the chair waiting for the procedure to start what should be done

Place patient napkin and chain

What can the assistant do once the patient is seated

Review, renew, or began medical and dental history

When a procedure requires the patients chair to be lowered what should one do

Warn the patient that the seat will be laying back

Once the seat is laid back, what should the dental assistant do

Adjust the light

When the procedure is completed, what should the assistant do

Move the light back to its original position

Once the patients seat is upright what should the assistant do

Tell the patient to stay seated for a bit and let the body get used to the upright position

When EVERYTHING is done with the patient, what should the assistant do

Escort the patient to the front desk